The Giants have decided not to add Yoshinobu Takahashi to the active roster when regular league games resume on the 21st because he reportedly wants a little more time to prepare himself by playing in a few more Ni-gun games.

Akinori Iwamura worked out at first during situational fielding practice on Tuesday. There is a good chance he might get some playing time at first since Kazuhiro Hatakeyama was taken off the active roster.

Boyer tossed situational batting practice at Koshien today. He faced five hitters, allowed one hit, and struck out three (Shinjiro Hiyama and Tsuyoshi Nishioka struck out swinging and Takashi Toritani struck out looking). Blaine will most likely be added to the active roster on the 21st.